IYAD BIN AMEEN MADANI, THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION, OPENED, IN THE PRESENCE OF U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA JAMES OBERWETTER, HERE LAST NIGHT A PHOTO SHOW TITLED "THE MIDDLE EAST THROUGH AMERICAN EYES", PHOTOGRAPHY OF TOM ABERCROMBIE. THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AT KING ABDULAZIZ HISTORICAL CENTER IN RIYADH DOWNTOWN. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, IYAD MADANI UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EVENT AND SAID THIS LATE AMERICAN MUSLIM PHOTOGRAPHER WAS FOND OF THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC CULTURE, AND HE HAD SPENT A LONG TIME IN THE ARAB REGION. HE HAD VISITED THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN, NORTH AFRICA AND LEBANON. 'THIS EVENT STANDS AS A WITNESS FOR THE EXISTING SAUDI-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP', HE SAID. MADANI EXPRESSED HAPPINESS FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF THE WIFE OF THE LATE PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS FRIEND WILLIAM MAR IN THE EVENT. HE HOPED THAT THE SHOW WILL ATTRACT A LOT OF VISITORS IN THE VARIOUS CITIES OF THE KINGDOM. MADANI EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF THE US AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA IN THE EVENT.
